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Asking Questions
Marilyn Cook (United States)
Asking lots of questions, and responding to students’ questions, presents science as a form of inquiry. Inquiry involves asking questions, describing, observing, and communicating as students formulate answers to questions—or find that they have more questions. Why would this be important? Presented this way, science helps students to think and reason. When presented as inquiry, science is not experienced as an isolated subject, seemingly appropriate for just a few students, but as a way of thinking that is open to all students and applicable to any subject. If they feel that their individual questions are valued, students may then begin to see themselves as scientists.
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